单词 | dundrearyism |
释义 | Dundrearyismn. Speech or mannerisms characteristic or reminiscent of Lord Dundreary (see Dundreary n. 1); esp. (as a count noun) a humorous non sequitur; a mangled version of a well-known saying, e.g. ‘birds of a feather gather no moss’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect application of words > of a ludicrous nature > instance of slip-slop1788 slip-sloppism1803 malaprop1814 malapropism1830 malapropoism1834 Dundrearyism1862 1862 Baily's Monthly Mag. Aug. 102 ‘Dundrearyism’ has become a language as well known as ‘Euphuism’ in the days of Elizabeth. 1862 G. A. Sala in Temple Bar Oct. 343 Who doesn't know the old, old non sequitur of the traveller who exclaimed, ‘They may well call this place Stoney Stratford, for I have been most terribly bitten by fleas’? What is that but a Dundrearyism pure and simple? 1881 J. H. Dixon Craven Dales v. 55 We still think, and maintain, that the Church where Sunday seems made for a display of millinery and Dundrearyism is the most solemn when it is deserted. 1917 G. R. Sims My Life 93 We went Dundreary mad in '61...Dundrearyisms were on every lip. 2012 en.wikipedia.org (edited 2 Jan. 2012; accessed 11 Dec. 2017) (at Seventh Doctor) In his first series, the Seventh Doctor started out as a comical character, engaging in dundrearyisms (‘Time and tide melt the snowman’, for example), playing the spoons, and making pratfalls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1862 |
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